Sighting for October 2, 2017

Will Kerling

MTBP - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Discovered a Red-spotted Purple egg laying on the tips of Black Cherry leaves. Also, one Black Cherry leaf had a first instar cat on it.
Photo of a Red-spotted Purple, a fresh R-s P egg and a first instar R-s P cat.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Pearl Crescent 4
  • Painted Lady 6
  • Common Buckeye 13
  • Red-spotted Purple 2
  • Monarch 3
  • Sachem 2

Red-spotted Purple caterpillar

Red-spotted Purple egg

Red-spotted Purple